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1 Language Arts Published by Frank Schaffer Publications

2 Frank Schaffer Publications Spectrum is an imprint of Frank Schaffer Publications. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher, unless otherwise indicated. Frank Schaffer Publications is an imprint of School Specialty Publishing. Copyright 2007 School Specialty Publishing. Send all inquiries to: Frank Schaffer Publications 8720 Orion Place Columbus, Ohio Spectrum Language Arts ISBN POH

3 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Grammar Parts of Speech Lesson 1.1 Common and Proper Nouns Lesson 1.2 Pronouns Lesson 1.3 Verbs Lesson 1.4 Linking Verbs Review: Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs Lesson 1.5 Adjectives Lesson 1.6 Adverbs Lesson 1.7 Articles Review: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Articles Sentences Lesson 1.8 Statements and Commands Lesson 1.9 Questions Lesson 1.10 Exclamations Review: Sentence Types Lesson 1.11 Parts of a Sentence: Subject Lesson 1.12 Parts of a Sentence: Predicate Lesson 1.13 Sentence Fragments Lesson 1.14 Run-On Sentences Review: Parts of a Sentence, Sentence Fragments, and Run-On Sentences Lesson 1.15 Combining Sentences: Subjects and Objects Lesson 1.16 Combining Sentences: Verbs Lesson 1.17 Combining Sentences: Adjectives Review: Combining Sentences Chapter 2 Mechanics Capitalization Lesson 2.1 Capitalizing the First Word in a Sentence Lesson 2.2 Capitalizing Names and Titles Lesson 2.3 Capitalizing Place Names Lesson 2.4 Capitalizing Dates and Holidays Lesson 2.5 Capitalizing Book, Movie, and Song Titles Review: Capitalization Spectrum Language Arts Table of Contents 3

4 Table of Contents, continued Punctuation Lesson 2.6 Periods Lesson 2.7 Question Marks Lesson 2.8 Exclamation Points Review: End Marks and Abbreviations Lesson 2.9 Commas with Dates, Cities, and States Lesson 2.10 Commas in a Series Lesson 2.11 Commas in Compound Sentences Review: Comma Usage Lesson 2.12 Punctuating Dialogue Lesson 2.13 Titles Review: Punctuating Dialogue and Titles Chapter 3 Usage Lesson 3.1 Subject-Verb Agreement: Adding s and es Lesson 3.2 Irregular Verbs: Am, Is, Are Lesson 3.3 Irregular Verbs: Has, Have Review: Subject-Verb Agreement and Irregular Verbs Lesson 3.4 Forming the Past Tense by Adding ed Lesson 3.5 Irregular Past-Tense Verbs: Ate, Said, Grew, Made, Rode Lesson 3.6 Irregular Past-Tense Verbs: Gave, Flew, Brought, Thought, Wrote Lesson 3.7 Forming the Future Tense Review: Regular and Irregular Past-Tense Verbs and Future-Tense Verbs Lesson 3.8 Contractions with Not, Will, and Have Lesson 3.9 Contractions with Am, Is, Are, and Would Lesson 3.10 Negative Words and Double Negatives Review: Contractions, Negative Words, and Double Negatives Lesson 3.11 Forming Plurals with s and es Lesson 3.12 Irregular Plurals Lesson 3.13 Singular Possessives Lesson 3.14 Plural Possessives Review: Regular and Irregular Plurals and Singular and Plural Possessives Lesson 3.15 Subject and Object Pronouns Lesson 3.16 Comparative Adjectives Lesson 3.17 Comparative Adverbs Spectrum Language Arts 4 Table of Contents

5 Table of Contents, continued Review: Subject and Object Pronouns, Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs Lesson 3.18 Synonyms and Antonyms Lesson 3.19 Homophones Lesson 3.20 Multiple-Meaning Words Review: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones, and Multiple-Meaning Words Chapter 4 Writer s Guide Lesson 4.1 Planning Lesson 4.2 Writing Lesson 4.3 Revising Lesson 4.4 Proofreading Lesson 4.5 Publishing Lesson 4.6 Writing a Paragraph Lesson 4.7 Writing a Friendly Letter Lesson 4.8 Writing to Convince Answer Key Spectrum Language Arts Table of Contents 5

6 Chapter 1 Lesson 1.1 NAME Common and Proper Nouns A common noun can be a person, place, thing, or an idea. teacher (person) museum (place) notebook (thing) bravery (idea) A proper noun is a noun that names a specific person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are capitalized to show that they are important. Here are some examples of common and proper nouns: Common Nouns Proper Nouns school Hickory Hills Elementary School zoo Memphis Zoo brother Alexander city Tallahassee day Sunday cat Sasha Complete It Complete the sentences below with a noun from the box. If there is a P after the space, use a proper noun. If there is a C after the space, use a common noun. Walnut High School dog Saturday Jordan Lake town brother 1. Uncle Dale is taking me fishing at (P). 2. We will leave early on (P) morning. 3. My (C), Kris, is coming with us. 4. Uncle Dale lives an hour away in a (C) called Rockvale. 5. He is a math teacher at (P). 6. Uncle Dale s (C), Patches, always comes fishing with us. Spectrum Language Arts Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Grammar: Parts of Speech 6